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Expedia ends busy year by closing HomeAway deal The Bellevue-based online travel company purchased three companies this year. Airbus certifies fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney Engine, which could cost Boeing sales The newest geared turbofan has just been certified, and Airbus, not Boeing, is using it. Seattle startup Metric Story closes $1.45M seed round The company uses Google Analytics to help clients market themselves Seattle becomes first city to allow Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize Seattle City Council voted unanimously this week to allow taxi, for-hire, Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. The local law is likely headed for a legal challenge from app-based transportation companies. UW Medicine settles with feds over data breach In addition to paying $750,000 to the feds for failing to protect patient records, UW Medicine agreed to file a corrective action plan and annual compliance reports. National Tech News Airbus certifies fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney Engine, which could cost Boeing sales These are the best (and worst) performing Bay Area IPOs of 2015 ICAMR exploring partnership with nano-tech organization Florida Avenue Brewing to shut down, new brewer moving in Cardinal Health exec tapped as CEO of fast-growing Drive Capital-backed startup Pioneering catalog entrepreneur Lillian Vernon dies Halfway into 5-year plan, John Rex Endowment makes new round of grants 'Cyber vandalism' of Boston Internet unrelated to national bomb threats GoDaddy launches WordPress plugin program for small biz website development Dreamit, Penn State team up for new EdTech program

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